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 Let's Play Maximo: Ghosts to Glory Maximo is one of the best 3d platformers ever made. No, really. It successfully combines old school sensibilities and challenges with the then-newfound combat depth and maneuverability of a third dimension. Not a collectathon, not a standard hop 'n bop, it's equal parts hack 'n slash and 2d-turned-3d challenge that'll test your limits. It's everything I could want from a traditionally-styled videogame, and you're unlikely to find another 3D platformer like it. Tell us more? I could rant for hours on end about the individual design, the risk-reward system, the way it encourages thoughtful approaches to combat and carefully timed attacks... but why not just show you instead? About the Let's Play I'm going to be collecting all four of the Sorceress's kisses, paying to save after every level (which severely limits the koins available to us), and avoid touching purchasable items as much as possible. It should be fun to watch, informative, and show off the game design as thoroughly as I can manage. Does this game have a story of any kind? Yes, and I would ask that you please not spoil it. The only thing you need to know going in is that Maximo just got back home to his kingdom as of the opening cutscene, and is very pissed. Videos                               The End GamesAreSupernice fucked around with this message at 15:24 on Oct 17, 2016 |
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Limited saves are the devil.
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Aug 26, 2016 02:43
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SSNeoman posted:Limited saves are the devil. Koins are much easier to come by than ink ribbons though
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Aug 26, 2016 04:12
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I remember reading about this game and thinking it was so awesome that I should get it. The problem is that I didn't have a PS2.
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Aug 26, 2016 06:04
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Y-Hat posted:I remember reading about this game and thinking it was so awesome that I should get it. The problem is that I didn't have a PS2. You could always get Dragon's Lair 3D as a back up plan.
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Aug 26, 2016 06:09
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Is the entire game played at a dutch angle?
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Aug 26, 2016 14:11
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I love Maximo, but I've never come close to beating it. Probably because I played it as an idiot kid, and never figured out how to save.
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Aug 26, 2016 15:36
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I was pretty interested in this game as a teen, but then promptly forgot about it almost entirely until now. Interested to see how it translated the Ghouls n' Ghosts experience to the PS2 era. I can imagine this 'pay to save' thing being a sort of compromise between people who didn't want a save feature and those who realized it's 2 generations too late to think that way.
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Aug 26, 2016 17:16
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Strange Matter posted:Is the entire game played at a dutch angle? Wow, I literally never noticed that before. Zanzibar Ham posted:I was pretty interested in this game as a teen, but then promptly forgot about it almost entirely until now. Interested to see how it translated the Ghouls n' Ghosts experience to the PS2 era. The "pay-to-save" mechanic makes the game more difficult and encourages risk VS reward thinking, which I think was intentional, but you can definitely beat the game without saving.
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Aug 26, 2016 18:22
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GamesAreSupernice posted:Wow, I literally never noticed that before.
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Aug 26, 2016 18:32
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A tiny video looking at the Graveyard's hubworld.
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Aug 26, 2016 18:41
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Strange Matter posted:It actually kinda works though is the funny part; it reminds me of MDK in how it makes the game seem faster and more in-your-face. 
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Aug 26, 2016 18:44
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I remember owning but never beating this game. I also remember renting and beating the Sequel. Though I forget if I 100%ed that in that binge or not.
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Aug 27, 2016 09:44
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Section Z posted:I remember owning but never beating this game. I recall the sequel being far easier to 100%, but that could just be my mind playing tricks on me.
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Aug 27, 2016 14:50
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Arguably the hardest level of the Graveyard, also the one with the most keys.
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Aug 27, 2016 15:03
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I was really hoping you'd LP this game! I beat it and the sequel many years ago, though mostly through sheer cussedness than any actual skill.
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Aug 27, 2016 17:04
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Weird that a hub level would be considered a 'level' level, like level 2 in this instance.
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Aug 27, 2016 17:17
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Weren't the hub worlds in the Spyro games also levels?
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Aug 27, 2016 17:35
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GamesAreSupernice posted:I recall the sequel being far easier to 100%, but that could just be my mind playing tricks on me. It definitely seemed that way. It's been a while so I can't recall what, specifically, was eased up outside of having Ye Old "Super mode you never remember to use" (Maybe it let you save just when you wanted to save).
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Aug 28, 2016 06:07
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Oh wow, I've been hoping someone would LP this game and its sequel. Easily one of my favorite series of games. I can't remember much bout the games themselves unfortunately, outside of remembering that those crows are dicks.
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Aug 28, 2016 08:52
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One thing I love so far is that the music in the levels is a straight remix of the classic Ghost and Goblins theme. Daaaah dah dah~ dah~ dada~dada~dada
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BioEnchanted posted:One thing I love so far is that the music in the levels is a straight remix of the classic Ghost and Goblins theme. Daaaah dah dah~ dah~ dada~dada~dada This one is pretty kick-rear end
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Aug 29, 2016 14:26
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We are the god of fire
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Sep 1, 2016 08:03
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This is the level where we hit stuff a lot!
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Sep 5, 2016 19:02
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We reach our first boss battle, closing out the Boneyard world
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Sep 6, 2016 07:01
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So what are the end-chapter options beside the kiss? And what does the kiss do?
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cuc posted:So what are the end-chapter options beside the kiss? And what does the kiss do? Armor and a save. Armor is, well, refilling an armor unit. And saving is just saving our progress without paying. The kiss is... for something special.
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Oh yeah, I almost forgot Ghouls & Ghosts have the Red Arremers, can't wait to see them in 3D.
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Zanzibar Ham posted:Oh yeah, I almost forgot Ghouls & Ghosts have the Red Arremers, can't wait to see them in 3D. I hate to disappoint, but those aren't present in Maximo. Probably because the entire concept behind their design wouldn't work with Maximo's control scheme/3D gameplay.
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GamesAreSupernice posted:I hate to disappoint, but those aren't present in Maximo. Probably because the entire concept behind their design wouldn't work with Maximo's control scheme/3D gameplay.  That's a bummer.
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Sep 6, 2016 17:13
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 The world of Maximo just got smellier and wetter
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That end of world cutscene was incredibly badass, with the King granting his failed warrior new life, and then "Now, torture him until he dies!"
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BioEnchanted posted:That end of world cutscene was incredibly badass, with the King granting his failed warrior new life, and then "Now, torture him until he dies!" And then he implies that what he has in store for Maximo is somehow worse.
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Sep 7, 2016 20:36
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Well, his general only had one life to give. Maximo has 14.
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The fact that there is little to no fanart of Princess Lenore makes me lose faith in the video game community.
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BioEnchanted posted:That end of world cutscene was incredibly badass, with the King granting his failed warrior new life, and then "Now, torture him until he dies!" Ha, glad I'm not the only one that thought so. This game is really good at establishing the villain as both wastefully powerful and cartoonishly evil.
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Cangelosi posted:The fact that there is little to no fanart of Princess Lenore makes me lose faith in the video game community. Did you try the usual suspects, like DeviantArt?
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That's probably because the princess' name is Sophia, Lenore is one of the Sorceresses.
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The swamp's hub level
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GamesAreSupernice posted:Did you try the usual suspects, like DeviantArt? I did. Only one hit. And it's just a motivational poster of the promotional art. It is a travesty.
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